TREAD Magazine

A guide to automotive adventure and outdoor lifestyle, covering topics from overlanding and off-roading to traveling and camping.

3 AWD SUVs Delivering Technology

3 AWD SUVs Delivering Technology

Three off-tarmac AWDs in particular caught our eye when testing capability, technology, and off-pavement prowess:…

Competing In The Oregon Trail Rally

Competing In The Oregon Trail Rally

Join me as I get a behind-the-scenes look at rally champions Travis Pastrana and David…

2019 Rebelle Rally Women

2019 Rebelle Rally Women

The notable, strong, and experienced Rebelle Rally women share their moments of achievement and challenge…

Adventures Outdoors Help Heal After A Tragic Fire

Adventures Outdoors Help Heal After A Tragic Fire

Overlanders Trisha Mills and Bill Carmichael awoke to a wall of smoke and heard windows…

The Unofficial “Official” EJS Flat Fender Run

The Unofficial “Official” EJS Flat Fender Run

During last year’s EJS, I joined up with an army of eclectic Jeep owners for…

Overland Diary: Unforgettable Iceland

Overland Diary: Unforgettable Iceland

Planning an adventure trip can be rewarding and stressful at the same time, and things…

Winter Weather Auto Prep: Tips, Tricks, And Upgrades

Winter Weather Auto Prep: Tips, Tricks, And Upgrades

The dog days of summer are over; it’s time for winter weather auto prep. But,…

Veteran Organizations Helping Other Veterans

Record the Journey, Veteran Overland, and Southern Xpeditions have three things in common: a great…

Suzuki Samurai, The Unstoppable Warrior

Suzuki Samurai, The Unstoppable Warrior

Amber Turner, a Suzuki Samurai owner, off-road-enthusiast-turned-welder, and King of the Hammers (KOH) racer, is…

Kalaber Creations’ J1 Is A One-of-a-kind Jeep

Kalaber Creations’ J1 Is A One-of-a-kind Jeep

With lots of imagination, common sense, and guts, Mark Tetreau of Arizona-based Kalaber Creations started…

A Remote Backcountry Adventure In British Columbia

A Remote Backcountry Adventure In British Columbia

Exploring British Columbia (BC), Canada’s backcountry, can present itself with unique beauty like none other.…

2020 Alcan 5000 Rally

2020 Alcan 5000 Rally

The 2020 Alcan 2000 Rally showcased extreme weather conditions, long hours of navigation, and driving…

A Mint Green Man Truck Travels Internationally

A Mint Green Man Truck Travels Internationally

Even before he owned the mint green MAN truck, Canadian resident A.J. Leveille was always…

Jessi Combs, A Legend Lives On

Jessi Combs, A Legend Lives On (award winner)

On Aug. 27, 2019, we lost one of the most influential and endearing off-road automotive…

Dueling Mitsubishi Delicas Of The 1980s And 1990s

Dueling Mitsubishi Delicas Of The 1980s And 1990s (award winner)

If you’re into oddball vehicles, rad vans or quirky four-wheel-drives, you might have heard of…

Badass Bandoola: A 1953 Willys M38a1 Beast

Badass Bandoola: A 1953 Willys M38a1 Beast (award winner)

Little did G. Denny Ghiringhelli know that a military Jeep his father bought in the…

Lyden Trevor Campworks

Campworks NS-1 Trailer Revolutionizes Solar-powered Remote Travel

Campworks creates off-grid charging stations — the sun powers their trailer anywhere you tow it.…

AWD Volkswagen ID.4 EV rear quarter

EV Off-roading: News, Updates And More

We’re seeing change: electric vehicles, or EVs, are starting to become prolific in the marketplace.…

Volkswagen Id.4 Tackles The Rebelle Rally (award winner)

My experience piloting an all-electric 2021 Volkswagen ID.4 AWD Pro SUV in the desert was…

Valkyrie Racing

Valkyrie Racing Conquered The Antarctic In A Vintage Porsche 356

After experiencing over five decades of life, Renée Brinkerhoff wanted to give back. She became…

2022-Jeep-Magneto-2

Jeep Concept Vehicles: The Concept Quartet

For over 80 years, Jeep has manufactured cool and capable 4×4 vehicles. This past year…

1992-Mitsubishi-Pajero-rear-quarter_credit-Mercedes-Lilienthal

6 Vehicle Upgrades for Beginner Overlanders

It’s been a while since we ran a refresher course on overlanding for beginners, especially about…

TR-2274-JAMEEL-9

Exceptional Endurance at Rally Jameel

Women in Saudi Arabia have only been allowed to drive a car beginning just four…

Tread-Curt-Reesor-Tacoma-0K3A5386b

Yearning for the Great Outdoors in Reesor’s Tacoma

Curt Reesor’s Tacoma and Wisconsin-made XVENTURE off-road trailer solidified his outdoor adventures.

INEOS-Grenadier-two-seat-commercial-prototype-mirror_credit-Mercedes-Lilienthal

Off-Roading the INEOS Grenadier in France

Off-road enthusiasts globally are eagerly awaiting INEOS Grenadier updates, especially those from the United States…

Boat-Launch

Vinoski’s 4Runner: An Angler’s Perfect Catch

Don’t judge a book by its colorful cover, otherwise you may mistake Alissa Vinoski as…

Contributions

Car and Driver
Forbes
The New York Times
Tread
Via Magazine